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What is the coordination number for square close packing?
What is the coordination number for square close packing?
4
What type of arrangement is found in hexagonal close packing?
What type of arrangement is found in hexagonal close packing?
ABAB
How are the spheres arranged in the two dimensional square close packed layers?
How are the spheres arranged in the two dimensional square close packed layers?
Exactly above each other
What type of lattice is formed in three dimensional close packing from two dimensional square close packed layers?
What type of lattice is formed in three dimensional close packing from two dimensional square close packed layers?
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What types of voids are created when the second layer is placed over the first layer in close packing?
What types of voids are created when the second layer is placed over the first layer in close packing?
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How are the third layer spheres placed in relation to the second layer in close packing?
How are the third layer spheres placed in relation to the second layer in close packing?
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What is the coordination number in a hexagonal close packed structure?
What is the coordination number in a hexagonal close packed structure?
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Give an example of an element that crystallizes in a cubic close packed structure.
Give an example of an element that crystallizes in a cubic close packed structure.
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What is the difference between the number of atoms shared in a corner and a face centred unit cell?
What is the difference between the number of atoms shared in a corner and a face centred unit cell?
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How many atoms belong to a body centred unit cell?
How many atoms belong to a body centred unit cell?
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What is the coordination number and arrangement in close packing in one dimension?
What is the coordination number and arrangement in close packing in one dimension?
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How are close packed structures generated in two dimensions?
How are close packed structures generated in two dimensions?
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